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The Johan Sverdrup Oil Field development has been given the green light and major contracts have been awarded. Johan Sverdrup is among the largest oil fields on the Norwegian shelf, and will at peak contribute with 25% of the production from the Norwegian shelf.

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Kern River Gas Transmission Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, operates an interstate natural gas pipeline extending from the oil and gas producing fields of southwestern Wyoming through Utah and Nevada to the San Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield, California.

Kern River’s system totals 1,717 miles of 36- and 42-inch diameter steel pipe buried at least three feet underground. Kern River utilizes 12 automated compressor stations spread across four states.

Projects

The company is currently expanding its network, with the Apex project.

The Apex Expansion Project increased the amount of natural gas transported on the Kern River system by 266,000 dekatherms or approximately 266 million cubic feet per day. When the Apex expansion is completed in November 2011, the Kern River system will be able to transport more than 2.14 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.